On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Brad Neuhauser <brad.neuhau...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> In general, I like the idea. But I don't think the agricultural tags should >> be changed from landuse--they describe how the land is used. For example, >> forest describes what covers the land (trees), while orchard describes what >> those trees are used for (growing fruit). > > Not everything in a national forest is covered by trees, yet the > standard way of tagging one is landuse=forest on an area. > To expand on this, I think landuse should be a more general thing, usually applicable to the entirety of a plot of land or a larger area. A single piece of farmland may have several different types of things growing there. Similarly, a residential community may have small neighborhood parks and playgrounds, and a heavy industrial park may have factories and warehouses.
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